# Cricket: The Test series between the West Indies and Pakistan ended in a draw when Pakistan won the second match in Port of Spain with eight wickets. The hosts were bowled out for just 117 in their second innings after a first-innings deficit of 43 runs. Ali Usman and Sajid Khan both took four […]
# Cricket: Another big name has committed to next year’s fifth edition of the SA20. The captain of Australia’s T20 team, Mitchell Marsh, will participate in the competition for the first time after having signed for triple champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape. He is expected to form an opening partnership with South Africa’s Quinton de Kock. […]
# Rugby: The South African Institute for Drug-free Sport says the likelihood of the use of banned substances increases because the stakes are so high. This follows after two young props, Kai Pratt and Deon Botes, recently tested positive for anabolic steroids. Botes was banned for four years, while Pratt requested that his B sample […]
# Rugby: The special Springbok supporters’ jersey for the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry against the All Blacks will have a hefty starting price of 999-rand. There will also be a stadium version which would sell for between one-thousand-400- and one-thousand-500-rand each. SA Rugby announced the jerseys will be on sale to the public from today. The […]
# Rugby: The Springboks’ jerseys for Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry against the All Blacks feature the lyrics of South Africa’s national anthem in the shape of the country’s flag. The words in isiXhosa, isiZulu, seSotho, Afrikaans and English will be carried on the players’ chests. SA Rugby’s CEO, Rian Oberholzer, explained this represents the convergence of […]
# Pakistan het nuwe beperkings op buitelandse media ingestel, wat vereis dat joernaliste en medewerkers wat vir internasionale nuusorganisasies werk, toestemming van die regering moet verkry voordat hulle buite Islamabad, Karachi en Lahore verslag lewer. Mediavryheidsgroepe sê die reëls sal onafhanklike beriggewing moeiliker maak en kan die dekking van groot gebeure vertraag. Die regering dring […]
# Verwoestende moesonvloede en grondstortings het reeds die lewens van meer as 100 mense in Indië geëis en groot skade aangerig in verskeie dele van die land. Die Brahmaputra-rivier in die deelstaat Assam het afgekom en honderde dorpe is oorstroom. Byna 900-duisend inwoners moes reeds hul huise verlaat. Dodelike grondstortings in Himachal Pradesh het talle […]
# Die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking het Suid-Afrika se hoëkommissaris na Indië, Anil Sooklal, herroep vir raadpleging na aanleiding van oudpresident Jacob Zuma se ontmoeting met die voortvlugtige Gupta-familielid Ajay tydens ‘n besoek aan Indië. ‘n Interne ondersoek na die voorval word tans gedoen. Minister Ronald Lamola het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê die […]
# Die Parlement het die leier van die National Coloured Congress en parlementslid, Fadiel Adams, tot die einde van die maand geskors kragtens die Wet op die Bevoegdhede, Voorregte en Immuniteite van die Parlement en Provinsiale Wetgewers. Hy word daarvan beskuldig dat hy die Parlement in oneer gebring het. Die sekretaris van die ampsklagkomitee, Thembinkosi […]
